Wednesday, April 15, 2020

What about politics?

A fascinating altered postcard arrived from Sam V in Minnesota.



Notice anything odd?


11 comments:

  1. Did it travel with a Canadian stamp?

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    1. The stamp has a value of 4c - it was issued before we were born!

      I believe the postcard was originally sent many years ago. Somehow made it through the postal system here without the correct postage (neither country nor amount) - and no postage due issues, either.

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    2. An amazing mail adventure indeed!

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    3. Especially considering I once had to go to the post office to pay 1c because an envelope had postage due.

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    4. Really? I have received two or three letters postmarked "postage due", but they never made my pay. The letters were delivered anyway.

      Once I sent a letter without stamp. I realised it just after posting it. I thought it would be returned to sender, but they delivered it anyway. Postal machines aren's so smart, after all :)

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    5. I also once received a notice that the local post office had a postcard fro me, and I owed them 35c (either someone forgot to put the stamp on or it fell off). I paid the 35c, then when the postcard was retrieved it wasn't even for me. The postal clerk was very flustered as to how to refund me, so I just told him to keep the 35c. The postcard was addressed to a neighbor, so I delivered it as well.

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    6. That is a nice story! So more or less you paid your own wage to someone else to get your own - temporary - job as a mailman :-)

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    7. It is true, although I had to walk home from the post office anyway, so not much extra work on my part.

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    8. Your story made me laugh, Finnbadger! :D

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